David MOULTON

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21 November 1825 , Porter, Maine, USA

Died

31 January 1886 , Portland, Maine, USA

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Joseph MOULTON Abigail Goodwin BEAL

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Born: 21 November 1825 in Porter, Maine, USA

Father: Joseph MOULTON

Mother: Abigail Goodwin BEAL

Paternal grandparents: David MOULTON , Dorothy MOULTON

Maternal grandparents: Zachariah BEAL , Hannah TARLETON

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David married Elizabeth Johnson WENTWORTH 26 November 1852 in Moulton, Maine, USA . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Elizabeth Johnson WENTWORTH was born 4 April 1829 in Hollis, Maine, USA (Phillipsburg). Elizabeth Johnson died 10 February 1869 in Westbrook, Maine, USA (Saccarappa) (Cumberland Mills). Elizabeth Johnson was the child of Ebenezer WENTWORTH and Sarah "Sally" L WOODMAN.

David MOULTON died 31 January 1886 in Portland, Maine, USA .

NOTE: David Ignatius Popple's great-grandfather

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Elizabeth Johnson WENTWORTH
Marriage date: 26 November 1852
Marriage place: Moulton, Maine, USA
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Elizabeth Johnson WENTWORTH was the child of Ebenezer WENTWORTH and Sarah "Sally" L WOODMAN

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Name: Mr David Moulton

Event Type: Marriage

Marriage Date: 26 Nov 1852

Marriage Place: Moulton, Maine, USA

Spouse Name: Miss Elizabeth J Wentworth

Ancestry.com. The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

Children of David MOULTON and Elizabeth Johnson WENTWORTH

Abbie Cora MOULTON

Born: 5 January 1857, Westbrook, Maine, USA
Died: 28 May 1873, Portland, Maine, USA

Henry Clifford MOULTON

Born: 11 August 1858, Portland, Maine, USA
Died: 21 September 1918, Malden, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Eva L LUNT 22 November 1886 Place: Portland, Maine, USA (Deering)

Sarah Agnes MOULTON

Born: 4 November 1861, Westbrook, Maine, USA
Died: 20 March 1917, Portland, Maine, USA

Married: Daniel Wilbur HESELTINE 21 September 1886 Place: Portland, Maine, USA (Deering)

George MOULTON

Born: 22 February 1864, Westbrook, Maine, USA
Died: ,

Married: Edith H HAMBLEN

Mary Lizzie MOULTON

Born: 17 February 1867, Portland, Maine, USA
Died: abt. 1923, Everett, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Charles Nelson EVANS 24 July 1889 Place: Portland, Maine, USA (Deering)

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Birth — 1825
21 November 1825
Porter, Maine, USA

Biography
David, was b. at Porter, Nov. 21, 1825, and educated at the town schools of Porter and Foxcroft, and at Foxcroft Academy. Being early in life inclined to mercantile pursuits, he, at the age of fourteen, sought and obtained a clerkship in Bangor. A change in the business of his employers caused him again to become a student at Foxcroft Academy. Teaching next engaged his attention. Two winters were spent by him at Lincoln, Me., in the of delightful task.' His natural impulses, however, again prevailed, and the Forest City seemed to offer suitable field for aspirants to mercantile honors and emoluments. Accordingly, in the spring of 1844, Covell, Greenough & Co. first received his services as clerk in the hat, cap, and fur business. He continued with this firm for several years. He afterwards himself engaged in the manufacture and sale of hats and caps, and in the sale of corn and flour. May 15, 1863, he was appointed Deputy Collector of Customs for the District of Portland and...Read full story

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1826 - Former U.S. Presidents Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both die on the 50th Anniversary of the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 - The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in America offering commercial transportation of both people and freight.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1829 - Andrew Jackson becomes President of the United States

1830 - The Indian Removal Act marks the beginning of the forced relocation of five tribes of native Americans, known as Trail of Tears

1837 - Martin Van Buren becomes President of the United States

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

From the 1840s through the 1880s, thousands trekked westward, carrying only a few belonging and supplies for the journey, and settling on the western frontier, forever changing the American West.

1841 - William Henry Harrison becomes President of the United States

1841 - John Tyler becomes President of the United States

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 - James Knox Polk becomes President of the United States

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 - Zachary Taylor becomes President of the United States

1850 Portland, Maine
Name: David Moulton
Age: 23
Birth Year: abt 1827
Birthplace: Maine
Home in 1850: Portland Ward 4, Cumberland, Maine, USA
Gender: Male
Family Number: 296
Household Members:
Name Age
Charles H Adams 27
Mary Adams 27
Joshua Bassell 23
Jas M Adams 23
Frank D Little 43
J C Weston 33
Josiah Pierce 26
Charles M Freeman 23
Henry Ward 21
H W Dow 20
William Brown 61
Theodore Ingalls 60
John Kinsley 26
A K P Ellis 21
Chas Dingley 23
Chas W Scott 32
Leonard Odeon 35
J C Richards 24
Nathl Parker 23
Saml Smith 22
James McNerny 21
Patrick Duffy 22
Patrick Duer 19
Joseph McClusky 13
A G Lewis 25
T Woodbury 26
Wm A Gilman 30
David Moulton 23
B M C Tiles 22
Michael Burns 18
Eugene Sullivan 23
Charles Rime 32
A Freeman 68
Frank Humphreys 34
Nancy Tracy 42
Sarah J Williams 25
Mary Reardon 21
Hannah Reardon 25
Mary Foley 26
Margaret Murphy 24
Abby McDonald 52
Jane McDermot 25
Susan Abbot 25
Cynthia Swift 42

1850 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1850 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States

1852 Marriage / Partner
David MOULTON and Elizabeth Johnson WENTWORTH 26 November 1852, Moulton, Maine, USA

He was 27 years old.

1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 Birth of Child
Abbie Cora MOULTON was born 5 January 1857, Westbrook, Maine, USA (Saccarappa) (Cumberland Mills)

David was 31 years old.

1857 - James Buchanan becomes President of the United States

1857 - March 6 – Dred Scott v. Sandford: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Blacks are not citizens and slaves can not sue for freedom, driving the country further towards the American Civil War.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1858 Birth of Child
Henry Clifford MOULTON was born 11 August 1858, Portland, Maine, USA (Deering)

David was 32 years old.

1860 Westbrook, Maine
Name: David Moulton
Age: 34
Birth Year: abt 1826
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Maine
Home in 1860: Westbrook, Cumberland, Maine
Post Office: Westbrook Stevens Plains
Family Number: 248
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Household Members:
Name Age
Joseph Moulton 62
Abagail G Moulton 62
David Moulton 34
Elizabeth Moulton 30
George E Moulton 20
Abby C Moulton 3
Henry Moulton 1

1860 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1861 - February 8 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America are formed, comprising the first six break-away states.

1861 - Abraham Lincoln becomes President of the United States

1861 Birth of Child
Sarah Agnes MOULTON was born 4 November 1861, Westbrook, Maine, USA (Saccarappa) (Cumberland Mills)

David was 35 years old.

1863 - January 1 - President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves.

1863 - October 3 – President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United States

1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1864 Birth of Child
George MOULTON was born 22 February 1864, Westbrook, Maine, USA (Saccarappa) (Cumberland Mills)

David was 38 years old.

April 14, 1865 - President Abraham Lincoln was mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth at in Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. He died the next day. Andrew Johnson becomes President of the United States.

1867 Birth of Child
Mary Lizzie MOULTON was born 17 February 1867, Portland, Maine, USA (Deering)

David was 41 years old.

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1869 Death of Spouse/Partner
Elizabeth Johnson WENTWORTH died 10 February 1869, Westbrook, Maine, USA (Saccarappa) (Cumberland Mills)

1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States

1870 Westbrook, Maine
Name: David Moulton
Age in 1870: 44
Birth Year: abt 1826
Birthplace: Maine
Home in 1870: Westbrook, Cumberland, Maine
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Saccarappa
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Household Members:
Name Age
Jos Moulton 72
Aba C Moulton 72
David Moulton 44
Aba C Moulton 13
Henry Moulton 11
Agnes S Moulton 8
George Moulton 5
Mary E Moulton 3
Hattie Cosier 27

1870 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.

1873 Death of Child
Abbie Cora MOULTON died 28 May 1873, Portland, Maine, USA (Deering)

David was 47 years old.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President of the United States

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1880 Malden, Massachusetts
Name: David Moulton
Age: 54
Birth Year: abt 1826
Birthplace: Maine
Home in 1880: Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Elizabeth A. Moulton
Father's Birthplace: Maine
Mother's Birthplace: Maine
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Household Members:
Name Age
David Moulton 54
Elizabeth A. Moulton 55
Ella F. Moulton 25

1880 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.

1881 - March 4 - James A. Garfield becomes President of the United States

1881 - July 2 - James A. Garfield was shot at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C., at 9:30 am on Saturday, July 2, 1881. He died in Elberon, New Jersey, two months later on September 19, 1881. The shooting occurred less than four months into his term as president. Charles J. Guiteau was convicted of Garfield's murder and executed by hanging one year after the shooting. Chester Arthur becomes President of the United States.

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

David MOULTON - Death Maine, Death Records, 1617-1922

Death
Maine, Death Records, 1617-1922

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1885 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

Death
Name: David Moulton
Gender: Male
Age: 60
Birth Date: abt 1826
Death Date: 31 Jan 1886
Death Place: Deering
Registration Place: Portland, Cumberland

Maine State Archives; Cultural Building, 84 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0084; Pre 1892 Delayed Returns; Roll #: 78

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